In the last few days, it has come as a welcome respite from grim
tidings in world news to hear of the evident joy of 2012 women's
basketball silver medallist Émilie Gomis on her visit to Ancient
Olympia in Greece.
everyone. a russian athlete. my olympic dream will remain a dream. maybe one day i ll find the strength to rise again but a completely different story and then this from american luger to reporters. you can listen to it, steve. there has been a lot of athletes testing positive now, and it is scary because you put in four years since the last games. johnny put in 24 years to get here and for all of that to go to waste in the last week, last couple days it would be a tragedy. dana: omicron being so contagious i can understand the anxiety is very real out there, steve. it is. for me it s been eight years working to get here. it has been eight years and i can t imagine if somebody were to come out and test positive and lose it all in a matter of minutes.
until olympic opening ceremonies in beijing covid cases are on the rise big time. organizers confirming 71 new cases among olympic athletes and personnel this weekend alone. officials are keeping athletes and media inside a bubble to try to contain the surge. we re talking to an athlete in beijing. we were out there three months ago for a wheelchair world championships. it was a surreal scene flying into beijing airport. place was almost empty. not a lot of people on the roads. they looked fearful. full suits and face shields. they were very careful with what treating everybody and from all different countries. bill: they said earlier today out of beijing we have this within controllable range was the quote as it was